RPC III, 3902

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 3902
Province Syria
Region Phoenicia
City Tyre
Reign Hadrian
Issue Year 253
Dating AD 127/8
Obverse inscription
Obverse design Turreted and veiled head of Tyche right; to left, palm
Reverse inscription ΤΥΡ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩϹ ΙΕΡ ΑΣ, ΓΝϹ
Reverse design Phoenician letters לצר (‘of Tyre’); palm tree
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 16 mm
Axis 12
Reference Rouvier 2159
Specimens 5 (3 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ P: 1965.760
2 2     P: Chandon 812A
3 3     NY: 1944.100.73037
4 4     CGT coll.
5 5     R. Effler coll.